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Climate change could rain on Saudi Aramco's IPO parade

The Times of India 20 Aug 2019

By comparison, UK-listed funds investing in renewable energy infrastructure such as wind farms ... Britain's biggest asset manager LGIM removed Exxon from its 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) Future World funds for what it said was a failure to confront threats posed by climate change....

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Kuwait sovereign fund in portfolio shift on signs of global economic weakness -report

Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2019

The report provided rare insight on the strategy of one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, though it did not give a breakdown of KIA's investments in various asset classes. KIA, which the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute estimates manage $592 billion of assets, does not publicly disclose its investments or detailed strategy....

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Maximizing shareholder value can no longer be a company’s main purpose: Business Roundtable

Market Watch 19 Aug 2019

The heads of nearly 200 U.S ... Read also ... See also ... See also ... Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s biggest hedge fund, said recently that capitalism has developed into a system that is promoting an ever-wider wealth gap that puts the very existence of the U.S ... Hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio says capitalism needs urgent reform ....

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Maximizing shareholder value can no longer be a company’s main purpose: top CEOs

Market Watch 19 Aug 2019

The heads of nearly 200 U.S ... Read ... See ... See ... Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s biggest hedge fund, said recently that capitalism has developed into a system that is promoting an ever-wider wealth gap that puts the very existence of the U.S. at risk. See ... Hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio says capitalism needs urgent reform ....

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Kuwait sovereign fund in portfolio shift on signs of global economic weakness: report

Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2019

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Kuwait portfolio shift on signs of global economic weakness

Gulf News 18 Aug 2019

The report provided rare insight on the strategy of one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds, though it did not give a breakdown of KIA’s investments in various asset classes. KIA, which the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute estimates manage $592 billion of assets, does not publicly disclose its investments or detailed strategy....

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Generation start-up: renewables firm Libra Project has a Facebook name challenge

The National 18 Aug 2019

When Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Libra Project first set up in 2017, its founders never imagined that two years down the line they would be mistaken for one of the biggest companies in the world ... How often does one of the biggest companies in the world create a spin-off that happens to have the same name as your brand....

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U.N. pleads for more help to relieve Venezuelan refugee crisis

This is Money 18 Aug 2019

By Anthony Boadle ... The U.N ... "This is really one of the most under-funded humanitarian appeals in the world for one of the biggest crises," he said. Financial institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank are engaged but need to speed up their help, he said, to help sustain health and education systems ... ....

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Dr Savvas Savouri: Hedge fund maverick with the sharpest tongue in the City says ignore gloomsters – shares in UK firms are set to SOAR

This is Money 17 Aug 2019

The previous evening, Savouri – the chief economist of Toscafund Asset Management, a renowned London hedge fund – and his boss, Martin Hughes, were ... The unguarded comments provide a rare glimpse into the world of one of the biggest names in London’s secretive hedge fund industry....

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How hedge funds are thriving in a world of negative-yielding debt

Business Day Online 16 Aug 2019

Among the biggest winners are computer-driven hedge funds that try to latch on to market trends ... Meanwhile, Winton Group, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds with around $20bn in assets, has gained 3.5 per cent in its flagship fund this year, helped by bets on futures on German and Japanese bonds....

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Michael Hiltzik: Two billionaires explain why they shouldn't pay more taxes, unlike you poor saps

Finger Lakes Times 16 Aug 2019

This is the crux of the billionaire's anti-tax screed the world over, so it's worth examining in detail ... In short, infrastructure and services that government funds from tax revenue ... For perspective, consider that the single biggest funding agency of biomedical research in the world is the National Institutes of Health....

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Michael Hiltzik: Two billionaires explain why they shouldn’t pay more taxes, unlike you poor saps

The Bryan Eagle 16 Aug 2019

In short, infrastructure and services that government funds from tax revenue ... The authors also boast about “our enterprises helping cure terrible and painful diseases from cancer to multiple sclerosis.” For perspective, consider that the single biggest funding agency of biomedical research in the world is the National Institutes of Health....

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Global Fintech Fundraising Fell in First Half of 2019, with Decline in China Offsetting Gains ...

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 15 Aug 2019

563), signaling a trend of larger deals in the world’s biggest and most active fintech market. The largest portion of funding, 29%, went to lending startups, followed by those in payments, with 25% of the total ... With 482,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives....